Exclusive: Ofcom explains p*** ban and Online Safety Act

The Online Safety Act received royal assent three years ago, and regulators are still implementing its regulations. Jessica Zucker, director of online safety policy at Ofcom, joins Crashed presenters Alex Hudson and Chris Stokel-Walker to talk about how Ofcom is working with Meta, X, and others to keep them in check; how p\*\*\*ography laws are being made increasingly complicated with new regulations making some types illegal; and how regulators can keep up with information overload. Elsewhere in the episode, what does the Democratic Party taking control back of both the House and the Senate mean for tech policy; why are fridges being hacked? And how does ~20% of North Korea's GDP come from hacking? Ofcom's report on content harmful to children: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/protecting-children/report-on-content-harmful-to-children Ofcom's roadmap to the implementation of the Online Safety Act: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/roadmap-to-regulation Ofcom's Media Nations 2026 report: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/resources/documents/research-and-data/multi-sector/media-nations/2026/media-nations-2026-uk-report.pdf?v=423157 To support, go to https://bit.ly/CrashedPodcast or search Crashed podcast Follow: Alex: www.instagram.com/alexhuds / www.tiktok.com/@alexhuds Chris: www.instagram.com/cstokelwalker / www.tiktok.com/@st0kel Spotify: https://bit.ly/CrashedSpotify Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/4qkgmmV RSS: https://bit.ly/CrashedRSS * * * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.